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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-04

President Cannon, of the Delaware
and Hudson Canal company, in a note
which appears in Saturdays New York
IVOrld, squarely contradicts the state
ment of that paper, that the great strike
now in progress originated in lowering
of wages by that company. Col. Cannon
says that the wages of the employees of
the Delaware and Hudson company have
not been lowered n particle; that the
hands employed by the company have
made no complaint and that they struck
unwiliingly in obedience to the order of
the Knights of Labor. That is the case,
probably, with nine-tenths of all the strik
ers They are depriving themselves of
work and wages, and are keeping thous-
ands of men in idleness, who are anxious
for work, in an effort to compel a single
concern, with which they have nothing &c
do, to raise the wages of single class OF
its workmen. Such tyranny as this, on
the part of labor unions, is uncomfortable
| If it were to become established as a prac
tice, it would simply ruin all business il
this country. No man would ever invest
a dollar in any enterprise employing large
numbers of workmen, under the uncer
tainties which would follow such Il con
dition of affairs
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-04

The governor Of North Carolina has
thirty two aide de camps each with the
rank of lieutenant-colonel In the entire
army of the United States there are only
twenty -four aids allowed to ten general
officers, and only three of these have the
rank of lieutenant-colonel, the highest
rank held by any of the others being that
of captain, most of them being lieuten-
ants The wonder is that having appoint
ed thirty-two aids, the governor of Mort h
Carolina should have stopped there. He
might as we'll have made the number three
hundred. while about it. Such staff
would perhaps have given him all the aid
and comfort he needs
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-04

The new Brattleboro public library given
the town by the late George j. Brooks, is
built of pressed brick, the foundation he
ing of Dummerston granite, with rock
face finish, and the trimmings of Long
meadow brown stone and terra Gotta.
The building is an ornament to the vii
lage, and will keep Mr.. Brooks's name
in honored remembrance for many gener-
atoms
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-04

Governor Ormsbee and State Auditor
Powell are in Washington, with the neces-
sary documents and papers, to disprove
the claim of the new auditor of the United
States treasury, that Vermont is heavily
indebted to the general government for
arms issued to this State at the time of the
St. Adams raid. The answer to the claim
has been heretofore fully stated. We
trust that its force will be recognized in
Washington.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-04

Mr.. Hiram Atkins, who is an enthusiasts
tic angler, is trying to save the fish spawn
ing beds of our lake from the net fisher
men. If his recommendation that regu-
lations be made to prevent the free ship
ment of fish from the Canadian bound.
aries Of the lake to American markets is
adopted the SEEMING business conducted
in Misssquoi bay by the Canadian fisher
men will be broken up, and great temp
tation to transgress The law on the part of
Vermont will be removed
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-04

One result of the passage of Mr.. Beck's
bill prohibiting members of Congress
from acting as lawyers for land grant
railroads would probably be, that rather
than submit to such an imputation of
venalty, many of our strongest states
men would leave the public service and
the railroads would fill their places with
their agents who are not lawyers.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-04

The number of women who care to vote,
even on school matters, in which the sex
takes the strongest interest, steadily de
creases. Over 1000 women have some
times voted for school committees in Bos-
ton. At the last election only SIS women
voted
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-04

The Albany....Journdl says that one
Joseph II. McGrorty, who has been ap-
pointed collector of internal revenue in
New Mexico, is the McGrorty who was
one of the rebel raiders who robbed the
st. Adams banks and shot peaceable citi-
zens in the famous St Adams raid of Sep
TENDER, ls64 This is the reform admins
tratiOn
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-04

The House committee has reported ia
vorably upon the "hog bill" This bill
provides for the inspection of all pork pro
ducts exported and Also for excluding the
products of any country which excludes
American pork, as Germany now does.
"Do unto others rs they do unto you,''
seems to be the golden rule of interna
tional law
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-04

There are good many champion mean
men in this country, if the statement is
true that Mrs. Logan has had to pay more
than $50 i'll telegraph charges on mes
sages of coincidence received the few days
after the generals death. Such condo
lences might well have been spared.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-04

Washington letters say that the presi-
dent will sign the interstate commerce
bill, though having doubts of its cOnstitu
tionallty He said to congressman that
the bill would have to be tried, and the
courts would have to construe it.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-04

that the Senate was in earnest in its ac-
ton on the fishery matter. At the same
time, we notice, they are very anxious
that the British government should assure
them that it will stand by them in their
quarrel
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-04

The new postal card is decidedly neat.
That it is the product Of a democratic ad-
ministration, is evinced by the fact that
Vt is adorned by the head of that Jefferson,
whose "simplicity' forms such striking
characteristic of the party in power.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-04

Princeton college is to follow Harvard's
example, and have "women's annex"
This is, of course, simply an intermediate
step. All the colleges in the country,
large and small, will eventually open their
doors to young women who desire such
educational facilities rs they have to offer
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-04
A Lump Appropriation for the Nav,

Representative Lawler of Illinois has
introduced in the House resolution in
structing the committee on naval affairs
to inquire into the eXpediency of making
an immediate appropriation of $50, 100000
toward the reconstruction of the navy.
This is an immense sum and, wisely eX
pended, it wonld undoubtedly give the
United States one of the best equipped
navies in the world. But such policy is
so contrary to the piecemeal method of
doing things which Congress seems to
have adopted that favorable report on
Mr. LAWYERS resolution can hardly be
expected.
A large naval appropriation, however
will have to be made sooner or later, and
it would perhaps be better economy &c
appropriate the necessary amount for a
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-04

1t is possible that the Senate of the
Fiftieth Congress may be tied by the
election of democrats in New Jersey and
Indiana.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-04

The friends of Mr.. Goschen are trying to
make the best of his defeat for Parliament.
They say that it was not at all unexpected
70 them, and that the fact that he came
with nine votes of an election is consider
ed rather triumph than otherwise, under
all the circumstances.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-04

The Senate was not greatly overawed
by the presence of the woman suffrage
delegates. 1t rejected the womans suf-
irage amendment to the United States
constitution by decided majority on the
very day of the meeting of the sutfragists'
national convention in Washington.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-04

An Indiana legislator has introduced d
bill providing that if, on the trial of a
man for murder, it shall appear that the
murdered person had been guilty of the
seduction OF the wife, daughter or sister
of the defendant, the latter shall be deem
ed guilty of a misdemeanor only and shall
be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000
This legislator is evidently for making the
law conform to usage, instead OF the
usage to the law.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-04

The dead locked legislatures do not seem
to be succeeding very well in their efforts
TO extricate themselves.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-04

Word has been receiN ed by Secretary
Bayard that a convention has been signed
between Nicaragua and Costa RIGA to re-
fer their boundary dispute to the presi-
dent of the United States as arbitrator.
1t is a little rough to place such additional
duties on our over-worked chief executive.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-04

OF course England can send her gun
boats over to help the Dominion cruisers
drive off American fishermen, If she
chooses But British gun boats can net
compel the United States to admit Can
adian fish duty free, nor procure admis-
sion of Canadian vessels to American
ports, if this country sees fit to exclude
them. What English gun boats can do,
is to render valuable assistance to those
who favor the creation of an American
navy.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-04

The Washington correspondent of the
Boston Traveller says that there is a seri
GUS difference of opinion in the cabinet
over the Edmunds fisheries resolution
The president and Secretary Manning are
on one side IN support of the Senate action,
and Secretay Bayard is rather inclined to
the adoption of more pacific measure.
lie has, it is said, been strongly urging the
foreign affairs committee of the House to
kill the Edmunds bill; and compromise
measure will probably be reported by the
committee
A convention of colored men of Ohio,
having for its object the preparation of a
plan for erecting monument to the mem
DRY of John Brown met in Columbus last
Thursday. Opinion was divided as to the
proper course to pursue, whether the col
OIed people of the State should endeavor
to build monument or memorial hall, or
whether an effort should be made to arouse
national interest in the matter Finally
the committee on plans was continued,
with instructions to correspond and en-
deayor to arouse the interest of the people,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-04

If the House of Representatives concurs
with the Senate in passing the bill allow
ing each State sl5 600 year for the sup
port of an agricultural experiment sta
ton, Vermont and the other States which
have already established such stations,
will be pretty well equipped in this line.
But we have no doubt that well-managed
experiment stations will return to the
farmers ten dollars for every dollar spent
ON them.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-04

In his speech at the opening of Parlia-
ment, Mr.. Gladstone declared that, so far
as the liberal party is concerned, every
effort will be made to adjust the differ
ences with the United States over the
fisheries question. Unfortunately, how
ever, the liberal party does not happen to
be in power Just now, and the conserve
tive cabinet will probably be no better
disposed toward the United States from
the fact that the leader of the opposition
party favors our side of the question.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-04

The collections of internal revenue dur
ing the first six months of the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1887, were So, SOB, SOB, a
decrease of 81 ,O54, $40 compared with the
corresponding period of the previous fiscal
year, The total collections from cleo
margarine, since November /, amounted
TO SOS, 100.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-04

and at the proper time issue call for a
national convention.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-04

Doubtless the government is defrauded
to a considerable extent by persons who
restore cancelled stamps and use them a
second time, and by dishonest postmas-
tiers whose remuneration depends upon the
business Of their Offices, who make frau
dulent returns of the number of stamps
cancelled at their offices. A method of can
ceiling postage stamps has been devised
to correct all these abuses 1t is a gum
ming machine which gums only half the
stamp, leaving the lower half free, so that
the receiving clerk may cancel the stamp
by tearing off the loose portion. A stamp
thus mutilated could not possibly be used
again, while in the half stamps torn off
the department would have an accurate
check on the returns of the fourth class
officers, who would be required to produce
the torn halves of stamps cancelled in
their offices. The chief defect in this ar
rangement would be that in the case of
ladies' letters, that are carried for week
or two in the pocket of some male tyrant,
the ungummed half of the stamps might
he worn off before mailing.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-04

Minister Pendleton was interviewed in
New York, on his arrival from Berlin, on
the subject OF war between Germany
and France. He said
No man can tell. You have more war
news in your country newspapers here,
more war news from Germany, from
France, from Austria, from Russia. from
Bulgaria, than appears In all the papers of
Berlin put together You know more
about war here than they do there. Pub
lie opinion has nothing to do with making
war in Europe. In each country it is in
the hands of a few men. In Germany it
is Bismarck, Won Moltke and the emper-
or. In Austria it is kalnoky and two or
three more. In Russia 1t is Gortschakotl
and a few others. The people and the
public opinion have nothing to do with 1t.
| do not think that Bismarck would be-
gin war until he should see what he
could do with a new Reichstag, and am
inclined to believe in the sincerity of his
assertion that the army Hill is necessary
to prevent war Won Moltke stated the
case in the Reichstag when he said that
to refuse to pass the bill was to invite an
attack.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-04

President Cleveland should read with
care the queens speech on the opening OF
Parliament in London. He will easily
see how such public documents can be
condensed so as to come within the time
limit of the average reader. The queens
speech occupies about a quarter of col
umn of newspaper type and will doubt
less have just as much influence on the
action of Parliament as President Cleve
lands fifteen thousand word messages
have on the action of Congress.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-04

The birthday of Mr., Moody, the evan
gelist, comes on the 5th of February, and
some of his friends propose to celebrate
the occasion by the establishment of a
memorial fund for the endowment of the
schools at Mortified and Mount Hermou.
James Talcott, los Franklin street, New
York, is treasurer of the fund
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-04

Murders average 80 per annum in Mich
igan, where capital punishment has been
abolished. This is an enormous mum
Der for the population of Michigan,
and not encouraging to the advocates
of abolition of the death penalty in
other States.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-04

Those who suffer from the increased
price of coal, should lay the blame where
it belongs. The Knights of Labor, and
not the coal companies, are responsible
for the present scarcity and rise in prices
throughout the country. The poor man
is expressing the poor mana strange
state of affairs, truly.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-04

The accession of Senator Edmunds to
the ranks of those who favor the abolition
OF the internal revenue TAX, which he calls
this remnant OF the unpleasantness of
twenty five years ago" is an important
one 1t is not probable, however, that a
bill to repeal all the internal revenue taxes
can be passed at this session.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-04

Gilbert and Sullvan's new opera, "Rud-
dygore," is said to be a failure. The OBJ
JectiOns against it are that its title is bad ;
that its plot is stolen from an old comedy,
called ages Ago :" and finally that the
music is full of "reminiscences of pima
fore" Perhaps it is time for the Gilbert
and Sullivan partnership to be dissolved.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-08

According to Practical Electrtcitp alu.
mini m is a most wonderful metal. It was
first reduced by a German chemist named
Wohler in 1927, and exists in combinations
such as clay, beauxite, corundum and
cryolite in vast quantities. It's color is
silver-white, and it possesses remarkable
strength, stiffness, malleability, hexibility,
ductility, and exceeds iron in tenacity. 1t
is not affected by moisture, melts at lower
temperature than silver and pound of it
occupies three times the space of a pound of
silver. 1t is light, very sonorous, and easily
cast in sand or metal molds. 1t resists the
action of fruit or vegetable acids, cold
nitric or sulphurous acids, and is not tar
nished by sulphur or coal gas. 1t conducts
electricity nearly as silver, has no odor or
taste, and is not poisonous. 1t can be forged,
rolled and beaten into leaf metal as gold or
silver, wears better than silver, and can
therefore be used with advantage in the
manufacture of all kinds of instruments,
watches and jewelry of every description,
cutlery of all sorts, and, IN fact, for al
most everything 1t also combines well
with most other metals, giving alloys of
unusual quality and value 1t may be con-
sidered, all in all, as one of the most valua-
Die Of metals.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-08

how often has the public credulity not been
rudely startled by discovering that these
We're all deception and imagination And
then we recall what has been attempted and
done in the name of civilization and educa-
ton. The only result has been TO make
hearts stony, and to render the intellect un-
TIT TO rise TO a conception of what is most
noble and most sublime. Science and civil
ization, enlightened by the church. are the
great motive forces in advancing human
happiness Such IS the science recommend
ed TO us by Leo XIII, such the civilization
he is anxious to create for us.
Herr Won Arco-Valleg summed up in a
mastery Grafton the general results achieved
by the pontitcate of Leo XIII. "When the
present Pope was raised to the chair of
Peter" he said "a Catholic publicist wrote
We hail in Leo XIII. the eternal youth of
the church. Ard we have beheld our
all the energy of early manhood, as well as
the wisdom of old age, in guiding the course
of the church And now, we behold not
only Catholics but the whole world united
in their admiration for him. The pilgrim
ages which they are organizing in every
land will afford splendid testimony of the
power of our faith, and of the union which
binds together all Catholic peoples.
The speaker was enthusiastically ap-
pittultQ Ills uloCOulSc. ne
closing paragraphs especially, in which he
insisted on the forgetting of all political dis
sensions and local animosities, in order to
foster the one great passion for promoting
Christian interests and attachments to the
central chair of authority, elected the
warmest manifestations of approval and adj
hesion.
This unanimity inspired Baron Won
Frankenstein in his concluding address,
eve Catholics" he said at the end, lean
only help the Pope by our prayers, and by
showing union and energy in defending
the rights of the church and protecting the
freedom of the Holy See. This we shall do
as long as we live; this we shall enjoin on
our children to do as a most sacred duty,
obGging them to pursue the fulfillment of
an undertaking begun by their fathers.
ask you to join me in cry of love and
generation for our holy father. Long live
Leo XIII. ~
Three times the hall shook with the shout
which went up from all there assembled.
AsSuredly the entire human race may
still hail in Leo XIII, at the end of the first
decade in his reign, the everlasting youth of
a church fated never to perish.
BERNARD O'REILLY.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-08
Whisky for Jail-Birds.
From the Chicago Ne,cS.

"Its noteworthy fact" said a well-known
criminal lawyer, THAT almost the first re-
quest lawyer will receive when he comes to
visit his client in the Jail will be in the form
of demand for liquor. Crime and the
drinking habit are twin brothers, and it is, l
can assure you, very rare thing in our ex-
perience to meet a jail-bird who is not ad-
dicted to strong drink. But what are you go
ing to do? Your man Graves for his old stimu-
liant begs for it with more earnestness than
no does for his freedom. He must have it,
and as a rule he gets it, too. I'll tell you how
When he becomes annoyingly persistent we
say to him: Get your liquor, if you must
have it, in the regular way. No lawyer will
take it to you. That isn't professional
Then be cries: But what is the regular
ways 1t is not allowed in the
Jail; how can l get itP We ask him:
Haven't you some relative or acquaintance
of the other sex? Let her bring it in. She
can carry it easily under shawl or cloak,
and while standing up close to the wire
talking to you she can smuggle the stuff in
without any trouble Now, to make myself
understood, I'll tell you that there is more
than one rubber tube in the jail, carefully
stored away in cells occupied by the ex-
D .rienced boarders, and that those tubes
are pretty regularly made to do syphon
duty from one whisky flask to another
The prisoner gets hold of an empty flask
that is easily done; he is visited by his fe-
male relative, who carries under her shawl
a flask full of LIQUOR. The tube is put out
through the wire-netting and the other end
is inserted in the bottle. The other end The
prisoner takes in his mouth and proceeds
at once to establish a sutton on it that
causes the whisky to leave the first bottle
and flow steadily into the other bottle,
which is conveniently hid under the fellows
coat Well, that is way one of getting In
contraband goods"